The cyanide and lead are abated enough that people can remain at the site for 6-8 hours at a time without being endangered. However, they were having a hard time convincing the higher-ups in DC of this.

The cyanide and lead are abated enough that people can remain at the site for 6-8 hours at a time without being endangered. However, they were having a hard time convincing the higher-ups in DC of this.

I have been going to death valley a long time, and would love to see it open again since I have never been there. I'm all for safety, but I feel they close too many places down, or fix them up to make them safer. When I go out there, I want to see how things were. If I want to go into a mine, I should be able to take that risk. If I want to see a structure that was built many years ago, I should be able to see it without it being stabilized, and how it was originally. Im not gonna go into a mine that is unstable, or go climbing around a hundred year old unstable structure. Instead of protecting the not so smart people from themselves, it should be explore at your own risk. Anyways, rant over.
Looking forward to my death valley trip tomorrow!